Mr. Grayson
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the
Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that
employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to
employees.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Paid Vacation
Act.

2.

Entitlement to
vacation

Section 7 of the Fair
Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by inserting after subsection
(b) the following:

(c)(1)

Beginning on the date of
enactment of the Paid Vacation
Act, an eligible employee of an employer that employs 100 or more
employees at any time during a calendar year shall be entitled to a total of 1
workweek of paid vacation during each 12-month period.

(2)

Beginning on the date that is 3 years
after the date of enactment of the Paid
Vacation Act, an eligible employee of an employer that employs 50
or more employees at any time during a calendar year shall be entitled to a
total of 1 workweek of paid vacation during each 12-month period, and an
eligible employee of an employer that employs 100 or more employees shall be
entitled to a total of 2 workweeks of paid vacation during each 12-month
period, beginning on that eligible employee's first anniversary of
employment.

(3)

An eligible employee shall provide
the employer with not less than 30 days' notice, before the date the paid
vacation under paragraph (1) or (2) is to begin, of the employee's intention to
take paid vacation under such paragraph, and identify the date such paid
vacation shall begin.

(4)

For purposes of this
subsection—

(A)

the term eligible
employee means an employee who has been employed for at least 12 months
by the employer with respect to whom leave is requested under paragraph (1) or
(2) and for at least 1,250 hours of service with such employer during such
12-month period; and

(B)

the term 1 workweek of paid
vacation means vacation time, in addition to and apart from sick leave
and any leave otherwise required by law, to be taken in a continuous series or
block of work days comprising 7 calendar days that cannot be rolled over, but
must be used within the 12-month period.

(5)

The exemptions to this section
provided in section 13 shall not apply to this
subsection.

.

3.

Public awareness
campaign by Department of Labor

The Secretary of Labor is authorized to
conduct a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to
inform the public of the entitlement to leave afforded by this Act. There is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the public
awareness campaign.

4.

Study on
productivity

The Secretary of
Labor shall conduct a study on workplace productivity and the effect on
productivity of the leave requirement in this Act. The study shall also address
any benefits to public health and psychological well-being as a result of such
leave. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report containing the findings of the
study, and shall publish such findings on the website of the Department of
Labor.